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mention the fact that you can append a new CA cert to the existing bundle too

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Daniel Stenberg 2004-03-30 06:46:36 +00:00
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@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ server, do one of the following:
With the curl command tool: --cacert [file]
3. Add the CA cert for your server to the existing default CA cert bundle.
The default path of the CA bundle installed with the curl package is:
/usr/local/share/curl/curl-ca-bundle.crt, which can be changed by running
configure with the --with-ca-bundle option pointing out the path of your
choice.
Neglecting to use one of the above menthods when dealing with a server using a
certficate that isn't signed by one of the certficates in the installed CA
cert bundle, will cause SSL to report an error ("certificate verify failed")
@ -40,7 +46,3 @@ connections that previously weren't really secure. It turned out many people
were using previous versions of curl/libcurl without realizing the need for
the CA cert options to get truly secure SSL connections.
The default path of the CA bundle installed with the curl package is:
/usr/local/share/curl/curl-ca-bundle.crt, which can be changed by running
configure with the --with-ca-bundle option pointing out the path of your
choice.